Cheerleading

The sport of cheerleading can be deceiving. An outsider will never see the hard work, fortitude, and commitment that is implemented throughout the year for one two minute and thirty second routine performance. In analyzing these poems, the themes and tones show the similarities and differences in these poems. In this case, poetry is a true window of understanding. Through poetry, one can more deeply understand the world of cheerleading. Throughout the three poems analyzed there is a reoccurring…

From its roots on the sidelines as a cartwheeling sideshow, cheerleading has grown into a combination of athletic skills, leadership, and teamwork (Lauchaire 1). It has evolved so much over the years that it is almost unrecognizable to its former state. Competitive cheerleading is not the traditional pom poms and bows that many people think it is. Competitive cheerleaders perform a two minute and thirty second routine that consists of stunts, jumps, tumbling, and dance. They do not do sideline…

Is Cheerleading a Sport? What do you think of when you think of sports? Maybe competiton between two opposing sides. Few say only competition cheerleading is a sport, others will argue it is not. When looking at it from my point of view, cheerleading is a sport because it is physically demanding, requires teamwork, and involves competition. I have been apart of my schools cheerleading teams since the seventh grade. I also used to play soccer and softball so I have seen and heard both sides. To…

“I made it, Mom! I’m now officially a member of the Hillside High School Cheerleading Squad!” I shouted to my mother as I ran inside my house after school. “Oh, Sophia! That’s great! I know you will love it, you have cheerleading in your blood.” my mother exclaimed back to me. I talked to my father about how he is now the dad of a cheerleader, I could tell he wasn’t as happy for me as my mother though. He sat me down and talked to me about how he doesn’t want boys to just see me as a pretty…

blessed to be a part of such amazing once in a lifetime opportunities. I was a part of the cheerleading team all four years of high school, my freshman year I was on the varsity basketball cheerleading team. My sophomore year I was on the junior varsity competition/football cheerleading team, I was also captain on this team my junior year. My senior year I was a part of the varsity competition and football cheerleading team and was able to compete at Districts, Regionals, States and UCA…

fired up when someone says that cheerleading is not as much of a sport as football? Well that’s because cheerleaders just want to be recognized as the athlete they truly are. Cheerleading has been overlooked as a sport for many years. People believed that cheerleaders have been just a support system for the real sports. Despite what people may think, cheerleading is just as much as a sport as football because it requires strength, coordination, and skill. Cheerleading should be considered just…

The Education Week newsletter states that cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport, yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is one. In addition many people fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. Sideline cheerleaders’ main goal is to entertain the crowd and lead them with team cheers, which should not be considered a sport. On the other hand, competitive cheerleading should be considered as a sport. By definition a sport is an activity involving…

Acosta Dr. Jillian Wenburg Comp 252-4 February 24, 2017 Research Proposal: Cheerleading vs. Health Aspects Topic When people think of cheerleading as a whole, most think of preppy school girls who prance around in skirts, and spirit just for teams who are playing. Although that may be what it looks like, behind closed doors are athletes who strive to pursue a career in body rebuilding and exercise fitness. Cheerleading requires a certain amount of physical activity that the athletes must be…

Cheerleading is a sport because it requires the time and dedication to be the best to compete against another team just as any other activity. The history of competitive cheerleading is young. In only the last forty years, cheerleading has branched out to be one of the fiercest competitions crowds watch, today. (Delp). Today’s society confuses sideline cheerleading with competitive cheerleading, or allstar cheerleading. The two are completely different. The definition of a sport is, “ an…

Cheerleading is something that has changed drastically in the past years. In the past couple of decades cheerleaders have left the sidelines and have stepped up to the mat. It is now a competitive sport. ”Cheerleading isn 't about winning, it 's about being better than you were yesterday”-unknown. Cheerleading has grown so much, now cheerleaders are focusing on making themselves and the sport better. The orgins of cheer origionally started in Great Britian.In 1883, they started the trend of…